William Cinéa collecting botanical data in a mountain ecosystem.
BOTAPRENEURS
The international platform for botanist‑entrepreneurs.
Why Botapreneurs
Understand, master and create value from plants.
Almost all of us agree that plants are fundamental — to our food, our health, our environment and the future of the planet.
Yet botanical science — the science that helps us understand plants to better create value from them — is losing its place in schools, universities, families, institutions and everyday life.
That's the need Botapreneurs answers: an international platform that brings together plant enthusiasts, Plant Masters, botanists, entrepreneurs and institutions to grow botanical entrepreneurship.
Pierrette Décime, plant enthusiast.
Our communities
Join our three communities to study, protect and add value to plants.
We bring together three levels, depending on where you are with plants:
You love plants
Curious, passionate, a beginner. You want to learn the basics: botanical vocabulary, Plant Patterns, observation, families and uses.
You want to master plant knowledge
You want to go beyond passion: observe, describe, document and understand plants with method.
You want to create value from plants
You want to turn plant knowledge into services, data, training, projects, botanical gardens or businesses.
Maia Tsignadze — Public Garden Leadership, Cornell University.
The Botapreneurs approach
Learn to observe, describe and understand plants — not just name them.
Every plant gives clues — forms, leaves, flowers, fruits. Learning to observe and describe them means understanding plants with method. It's the starting point of every Botapreneur.
Discover the botanical language →Main services
Six ways to move forward with plants.
Global Botanic Gardens Congress, Geneva — botanic gardens facing climate change. William Cinéa (Cayes Botanical Garden, Haiti) on the panel.
Botanical consulting
A botanist on your team, without hiring full-time.
Plant Mastery
Observe, describe, understand and document plants with method.
Entrepreneurial botany
Turn plant knowledge into services, projects and impact.
Botanical databases
Organize plant information to decide, conserve and create value.
Botanical gardens
Create, structure or reposition a botanical garden for the 21st century.
Conferences
Invite William Cinéa to speak on entrepreneurial botany.
William Cinéa, on the importance of botanic gardens.
William Cinéa & the origin of Botapreneurs
The founder.
William Cinéa is a botanist, forestry engineer, entrepreneur and founder of the Botanical Garden of Les Cayes. For more than 20 years, he has worked with plants, botanical gardens, ethnobotany, floristic data, education, conservation and plant value creation.
Cornell · Kew · BGCI · Google Geo for Good · Kinship Conservation Fellowship
That experience led to the creation of Botapreneurs: a platform that connects botanists, Plant Masters, entrepreneurs, institutions and enthusiasts around plant knowledge and value creation.
What they say
“I admire and appreciate so much William Cinéa’s passionate dedication to the environment, to plants and their habitats, and his determined, thoughtful and creative leadership in all of the projects in which he becomes involved.”
Dr. Peter Wyse Jackson
President, Missouri Botanical Garden
Articles & resources
Read articles about plants and botanical entrepreneurship.
Free resources to learn, at your own pace.
View all →Frequently asked questions
Botapreneurs, made clear.
Where do I start?
Depending on your level: Plant Lover, Plant Master or Botapreneur.
Do I need to be a botanist?
No. You can start as an enthusiast. If you're an entrepreneur, you enter with a vision or a project, then build the botanical knowledge you need.
What is a Plant Master?
A person who builds real mastery of plant knowledge: observation, morphology, Plant Patterns, botanical families, habitats, uses, risks and documentation.
What is a Botapreneur?
A person who turns plant knowledge into value: services, data, training, products, botanical gardens, businesses or impact.
What services are offered?
Botanical consulting, Plant Mastery, entrepreneurial botany, botanical databases, botanical gardens and conferences.